Watch new music video from Muse

New album from Muse called The 2nd Law is officially out today in the US and was released yesterday (October 1) in the UK. This record was probably the most anticipated record of the fall and even of the whole year.

Everybody could hear the album in its entirety because it was streamed couple of weeks ahead of its release. And even though many people were afraid of their new dubstep direction, it actually works. The album is fresh and fun. The only thing about the album, which I don't like is probably lack of consistency. But I think that everybody knows that Muse is just all over the place with their sound so nobody really expects consistency of their albums anymore.

Today, they revealed new music video for the track called "The 2nd Law: Isolated System". It is second part of "The 2nd Law" songs, which are at the end of the album. The music video, as well as music, is continuation of "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable". Check them both below.

Metallica honor late bassist

Bass player Cliff Burton was member of Metallica since 1983, when their debut Kill 'Em All came out. He died in a tour bus accident in Europe on September 27, 1986. It was a huge loss for the band. However, they were able to get up and make great music even after Cliff's death. He was replaced with Jason Newsted who was kicked out of the band in 2001. Since then, Metallica's bass player post was held by ex-Suicidal Tendencies Robert Trujillo.

To remember late bassist, Metallica gave away 1984 show as a free download. It is an hour long concert that band played in Toulouse, France in November 1984.

Metallica posted on their Facebook on September 27, 2012 photo of Cliff Burton with a caption "We miss you". Then they added "While you're remembering Cliff on the 26th anniversary of his passing, give a listen to this free download from the 'Ride The Lightning' tour."

You can download the show here.

Tracklisting of Metallica's November 22, 1984 - Toulouse, France @ Le Riff:

1. "The Four Horsemen"
2. "Cliff Solo"
3. "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
4. "No Remorse"
5. "The Call of Ktulu"
6. "Seek & Destroy"
7. "Whiplash"
8. "Creeping Death"
9. "Kirk Solo"
10. "Metal Militia"

Song of the day: Grizzly Bear - "Sleeping Ute"

American alternative rock band Grizzly Bear released their very anticipated fourth studio album called Shields last month (on September 18). It contains 10 tracks and in overall, it got really positive reviews.

The band also stopped by and performed at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon just couple of days before their new album was released. You can now check out performance of first track from the album - "Sleeping Ute" below.

Listen to new Coheed and Cambria song

American rock band Coheed and Cambria are releasing double album. First one entitled The Afterman: Ascension will be out next week (October 9) and the second one called The Afterman: Descension will come out sometime in February 2013.

Both albums should promise more personal lyrics from singer and songwritter Claudio Sanchez. Lead single called "Domino The Destitute" was revealed at the end of August. It is long, eight-minute long epic song. You can listen to it and also watch video for it here:

Now the band revealed title track of the album - "The Afterman". It is about death of Sanchez's wife's close friend. He said about the song:

"She found out about it through Facebook, which is the most impersonal way to receive this intensely personal news. Later that night, I sat down and just started writing a song. It became the album’s title track, from the point of view of her experience. Everything else followed from there.”

You can stream it here (via Rolling Stone magazine).

Picture of the day: October 1, 2012

Bassist of great american rock band Kings of Leon, Jared Followill, married model Martha Patterson over the weekend.

Right after the wedding he tweeted:

Aaaaaand I'm married. Happiest man in the world.instagr.am/p/QMQV3gmYt-/
— Jared Followill (@youngfollowill) September 30, 2012

Congrats!

Song of the day: Josh Homme - "Nobody To Love"

Queens of the Stone Age are currently recording their new, yet-untitled, album (on August 20, they posted on their Facebook page simply "Recording"). It should come out in 2013, but we'll have to wait some more time for exact release date and other album details.

During this recording sessions, leader of the band Josh Homme has written and recorded new track with music composer and producer Dave Sardy. Song called "Nobody To Love" is part of the soundtrack for movie called End of Watch.

"Nobody To Love" appears during the end credits in the movie. It is pretty good song with dark guitar and awesome piano. Listen to it below.

Song of the day: Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Never Is A Long Time"

Red Hot Chili Peppers just released their third pair of nine pairs of 7'' singles. These all comes from I'm With You sessions and are released over period of 6 months. New singles all called "Never Is A Long Time" and "Love Of Your Life". You can now check them both below. These singles are actually all pretty good and I even think that some of these "b-sides" are better than the actual tracks included on I'm With You.

 

Previously released pairs of singles were: "Strange Man/"Long Progression" and "Magpies On Fire"/"Victorian Machinery". You can check them all here.

Listen to new song from Soundgarden!

You all probably know that legendary band Soundgarden will release new album called King Animal on November 13. It will be their first full-length album since 1996's Down on the Upside (that's long 15 years).

You could previously hear new track called "Live to Rise", which was also featured on The Avengers movie soundtrack. The song itself was not bad at all.

Now they revealed first single of new record. It is called "Been Away Too Long" and holly shit, it's awesome. It is heavy and fast and I just love it. Give it a listen below.

Picture of the day: September 28, 2012

Head Count is a non profit organization that promotes participation in democracy. It does it by working with musicians of different genres of music. Of course, they are currently running programs regarding upcoming presidential elections in the US.

They go to many festivals and concerts and encourage people to register to vote so they can participate in upcoming elections. According to their website, they "translate the power of music into real action". So far, Head Count has registered 200,000 voters since 2004. They attend 1,000 festivals and concerts a year.

The Kills is one of many musicians that work with this organization. They recently posted a picture of Alison Mosshart (singer of the band) with a sign "Register To Vote Here". By this, of course, they want to encourage people to register.

Picture of the day: September 27, 2012

American punk rock band Alkaline Trio is a band that plays mainly darker tracks. They are also influenced by satanism. Singer of the band Mike Skiba is a member of Anton LaVey's Church of Satan and believes that it's not all about fire, brimstone and threats of eternal damnation.

Here is a part of an his interview for MTV in 2005:

"Really, the faith's simply about theatrics, how to comport yourself when you're out and about (for instance, one of the church's Ten Commandment-like mandates forbids followers from bothering others in open territory, but "if someone bothers you, ask him to stop — if he does not stop, destroy him") and maintaining a cool, sinister image. And, doggonit, it's "really fun."

Anyway, I like their music and I like how they're not afraid to say what they think and what they believe in and most importantly - they are not afraid to express these things in their music.

They have recorded so far 8 studio albums. The last one called Damnesia was little different though. It contained only older tracks, but recorded acoustically. It sounds actually pretty cool. Exciting news is that new album is coming pretty soon because yesterday they posted this picture via their Facebook page with a note "Today we begin making our next record with Bill Stevenson, a long time hero and friend. We couldn't be more excited."